Dark Templar
03-17-2003, 05:31 PM
Ok first off this is the best thing AOL has done by adding this baby, and it actually works great! Though I found one privacy bug..
Ok when you sign onto one screen name and you turn the Pop-Up Blocker on at the bottom of the web browser window, every website you visit while on that screen name when a pop-up is blocked it adds to the number count and also saves the pop-up so you can view it later if you wish. Well there is the problem it not only saves the pop-up so you can view it, it also saves the websites url where you visited the pop-up was blocked. Well when you "switch screen names" and you turn the Pop-Up Blocker on for that screen name if you click on "View Blocked Pop-ups" it displays the pop-ups and the urls that the other screen name had visited.
Now when you sign off and exit the AOL program and then re-open the AOL program and sign back on then that deletes the Pop-Up blockers list. But if you are switching screen names while still online with other family members in the house make sure you check the "View Blocked Pop-ups" for any website urls you wouldn't want anyone else to see where you've been. If there are any urls you dont want anyone to know about then don't switch screen names with them, sign off of AOL and exit the program then re-open it and have them sign back on themselves, otherwise they will see the same blocked pop-up list from when you were on your screen name.
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*Edit* For easier terms, just use IE for the porn sites. :laughing: */Edit*
Ok when you sign onto one screen name and you turn the Pop-Up Blocker on at the bottom of the web browser window, every website you visit while on that screen name when a pop-up is blocked it adds to the number count and also saves the pop-up so you can view it later if you wish. Well there is the problem it not only saves the pop-up so you can view it, it also saves the websites url where you visited the pop-up was blocked. Well when you "switch screen names" and you turn the Pop-Up Blocker on for that screen name if you click on "View Blocked Pop-ups" it displays the pop-ups and the urls that the other screen name had visited.
Now when you sign off and exit the AOL program and then re-open the AOL program and sign back on then that deletes the Pop-Up blockers list. But if you are switching screen names while still online with other family members in the house make sure you check the "View Blocked Pop-ups" for any website urls you wouldn't want anyone else to see where you've been. If there are any urls you dont want anyone to know about then don't switch screen names with them, sign off of AOL and exit the program then re-open it and have them sign back on themselves, otherwise they will see the same blocked pop-up list from when you were on your screen name.
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*Edit* For easier terms, just use IE for the porn sites. :laughing: */Edit*